One Nation Underground
The Fallout Shelter in American Culture (American History and Culture)
by Rose, Kenneth D.
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"Tracing the ways in which the fallout shelter became an icon of popular culture, Kenneth D. Rose also investigates the troubling issues the shelters raised: Would a post-war world even be worth living in? Would shelter construction send the Soviets a message of national resolve, or rather encourage political and military leaders to think in terms of a "winnable" war?".
"Investigating the role of schools, film, government bureaucracies, civil defense, and literature, and rich in fascinating detail - including a tour of the vast fallout shelter in Greenbriar, Virginia, built to harbor the entire United States Congress in the event of nuclear Armageddon - One Nation Underground goes to the very heart of America's Cold War experience."--BOOK JACKET.
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Cold War, Fallout shelters, History, Nuclear warfare, Popular culture, Social aspects of Cold War, Social aspects of Fallout shelters, Social aspects of Nuclear warfare, Social conditions, Aspetti socio-culturali, Atomkrieg, Volkskultur, Zivilschutz, Rifugi antiatomici, Guerra fredda, Gesamtverteidigung, Nuclear bomb shelters, Nuclear warfare, social aspects, Cold war, Popular culture, united states, United states, social conditions, 1945-, Social aspectsPlaces
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One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture (American History and Culture)
May 1, 2004, NYU Press
Paperback
in English
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0814775233 9780814775233
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One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture
2001, New York University Press
in English
0814769195 9780814769195
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One nation underground: the fallout shelter in American culture
2001, New York University Press
in English
0814775225 9780814775226
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"Only once in our history has the question of nuclear war and survival been embraced by an entire nation as a subject of urgent debate."
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